Apparel-corset.



D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET. I APPLICATION FILED JULY 2. ms.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2,1915.

4 Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

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' DANIEL xors, ormiw YORK, N. Y.

APPAREL-CORSET.

Specificationot Letters Patent.

Application ma m a, 1915. Serial No. 37.040.

lower front portion of each corset body,

half, there is employed a suitably adjustable tension strap, as well asan overlying and adjustable self-reducing strap, to which latter thereare preferably connected suitable hose supporters. I am aware thatheretofore garments of this general nature have been constructed. Forexample, in Letters Patent No. 1,044,191, granted to me November 12,1912, there is shown and described an apparel corset in which in thelower front portion of each corset body half there is employed a tensionstrap secured along one edge to the corset body adjacent the hipsection, adapted to extend over the lower front portion of the corsetbody half and be adjustably attached thereto adjacent the" front steel.In this garment, there is also a self-reducing strap secured alongv oneedge to the corset body distant from the front steel and adjustable toone of a num-:

ber of positions by attachment to the front portion of a corset bodyadjacent the front steel and appreciably above the adjustable point ofattachment of the said} tension strap, and the self-reducing strap, asshown in this instance, may be a two-part structure. Also as shown anddescribed in Letters Patent No. 1,127,024, granted to me February 2,1915, apparel corsets have been made in which the tension straps aredivided and adjustably connected, one 'end of which is attached alongthe line adjacent the lower front portion of the corset body and theopposite end along a line adjacent the hip section of the garment,portions of these tension straps overlying parts of the lower frontportion of the corset body and lying between the same and the adjacentparts of the depending over-hanging skirts. In the use of the garmentshown and described in Letters Patent, No. 1,027,024, it is possible byextreme adjustments to cause the overlying skirt section at the front towrinkle to an objectionable extent particularly when the garment is wornwith a thin or light gown, in which case, the wrinkles are observablethrough the gown and in order to overcome this objectionable feature andat the same time to obtain the advan tages of thetension strapssimultaneously ad ustable both upwardly and inwardly and to combine thesame with the advantages resulting from the use of the self-reducingstraps as shown in Letters Patent No; 1,044,- 191, which also, as itwill be understood, prevents the adjustment of the tension straps APatented Feb. 1,1916.

from causing wrinkles in the lower front portlon of the garment, thecorset made in accordance with my present invention is constructed ashereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawin Figure 1 is a front elevation of an appare corsetcomprising my present invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of thelower front portion of an apparel corset made in accordance with theform shown in Fig. 1, with one of the selfreducing straps turned back toshow the more clearly the construction of the adjustable tension strapsof the corset. Fig. 3 is an elevationv of the lower front portion of thecorset body half, showing another form of the invention, and Figs. 4 and5 are similar views showing still other forms of the invention.

Referring to the drawing, and particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, the apparelcorset made in accordance. with this invention, comprises the usualcorset body halvesindicated at 10 and 11. Thesev as is also customary,are provided along their front edges with steels 12 and 13, having hooksor cla'sps .14, by which the parts along these edges are connected, andas'is furthermore customary, the corset body halves along their rearedges are provided with eyeletsv 15, by which along these edges theparts are connected by laces 16. Each corset body half is provided witha depending skirt 17 and inasmuch as the corset body halves aresimilarly constructed in rights and lefts, but one of them will be.hereinafter specifically described. Each corset body half, adjacent thelower front portion thereof, is fitted with a 'selfreducingstrap 19secured along one edge thereof, to the corset body half at a distancefrom its front edge, by a suitable line of stitches indicatedat 20. Thisself-reducing strap. extends below the lower front edge of the corsetbody roper and'at its lower end. indicated at 21, is secured to thelower front a stud 30 also fixed to the lower portion of edge of theskirt extension 22, to both of which and depending therefrom is a hosesupporter 23. At its upper forward free edge, the self-reducing strap isprovided 7 withseries of eyelets24, each adapted to engage with a stud25 secured in the lower front portion of the corset steel" and by which,as will be understood, this member may be readily adjustedto position atthe lower front portion of the corset body. I also employ an adjustabletension strap 26. At one end thistension strap is permanently secured atits lower edge to the lower front portion of the corset bod adjacent thefront edge thereof and below the lower ends of the steel, by the eyeletsor rivets 27, to which is also connected one part of a clasp 28. At itsupper forward edge the tension strap is also provided'with series ofeyelets 29, any one of which may be caused to engage with the corset.steel. This adjustable tension strap extends rearwardly and the innerpor-- tion of the same is preferably elastic and at its inner end,adjacent the edge thereof, is provided with series of eyelets 31. By asuitable lace 32, this'end ofthe adjustable tension strap is connectedto an auxiliary strap or anchor member 33, in the outer edge of whichthere is a series of eyelets 34, corresponding to a series of eyelets31, the opposite-edge of the auxiliary strap. or anchor 33 beingconnected to the corset body by the same line of stitches, by which theselfreducing strap 19 is connected thereto.

As will be apparent from the foregoing description, the self-reducingstrap is adjustable to position along its upper edge, as is also thetension strap 26, which furthermore is adjustable by the laces 32 tofurther determine the position of the tension strap in order to createthe desired pressure both inwardly and upwardly against the abdomen ofthe wearer to properly support the same.

By reference to Fig. 3, it will be seen that in addition to the partshereinbefore described in the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and2, I may employ an auxiliary self-reducing strap 35 connected along itsupper edge to the main self-reducing strap along the line of stitchesindicated at 36.

I time This auxiliary self-reducing strap extends downwardly over thefront portion of the adjustable tension strap and may have secured toits lowest extremity, the hose supporter 37. In this form of theinvention, the adjustable tension strap lies between the self-reducingstraps in the lower front portion of the corset body pro er.

Referring to Fig. 4, in w ich the 'parts are the same as thosehereinbefore described in the form of the invention shown in Fig. 3,with the exception that-the auxiliary selfreducing strap 35 is attachedto the lower front ortion of the corset body proper 'alon t e line ofstitches indicated .at 38, in-

ste'a of being connected to the main selfreducing strap. Furthermore byreference to Fig. 5, it will be seen that the auxiliary self-reducingstrap 35 may be connected to the lower front portion of the corset bodyproper, the same as is the case with the construction shown in Fig. 4,but unlike that shown in Fi .4, the auxiliary tension strap as shown inig. 5, is so placed as to lie between the main and auxiliaryself-reducing straps, instead of between the self-reducing stra son thelower front portion of the cor- .set ody proper, as in the other formsof the inventlon.

I claim as my invention:

In an apparel corset and in each corset body half, a-self reducing strappermanently secured to the corset body half only on a line distant fromthe front steel so as to be detachably' and adjustably connected to the-.corset body halfvat the front portion'thereof with the upper and loweredges of said selfreducing strap free from the corset body, means foradjustably connecting said selfreducing strap to the front of the corsetbody half, and an uplifting tension strap located under theself-reducing strap and secured at one end to the lower front portion ofthe corset body. half extending rearwardly and adjustably connected tothe corset body half adjacent the line of attachment thereto of the saidself-reducing strap so as to be simultaneously adjusted to position bothupwardly and inwardly.

Signed by me this 29th day of May, 1915.

DANIEL KOPS. v

